Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 310 Dragon Chair

   Originally, I was just looking at the goods today, but Ye Dongqing had already expressed her intention to buy on the spot, which made the middleman, Mr. Beckenbauer, very diligent, and specially called the owner of the castle, Little Brooke III Seymour.

   Knowing that a potential American high-roller was also coming, the guy came over to say hello with great enthusiasm.

During the visit, Ye Dongqing had already understood the general process from the comments of others. It turned out that the descendants of Marshal Seymour liked horses, especially all kinds of famous horses. This cost a lot, and he also likes to gamble on horses in Xiangjiang. He spends most of the year in Xiangjiang.

  Ye Dongqing also has several horses in his manor.

Little Edward gave him several horses on his twentieth birthday, all of which were of good quality and pedigree. It is said that the total cost was more than two million US dollars. Later, Richard also selected three horses from his own stable and sent them directly to the The small island is full of mixed-breed horses. For this reason, two horse trainers were specially recruited to help take care of them.

It's not bad, at least it won't embarrass those who know how to do it, but compared with the horse-addicted Little Brooke III, his racecourse, a tens of billionaire, has become a small business. Earlier, some people said that this guy wanted to buy Some time ago, he spent more than six million dollars on an Arabian horse and successfully wiped out all the inheritance left by his father before he died of illness.

  Hundreds of antiques have been released before, and they were packaged and bought by a museum in Xiangjiang. The money seems to be used for betting on horses. They only bet on their own horses, and they lose more than they win.

  The matter is probably like this. Ye Dongqing heard some inside stories by accident, and didn't mean to ask carefully.

Occasionally riding a horse will be very relaxing, but he is more interested in tennis than raising horses. He is not ready to learn from this guy and raise some first-class horses. Going to a party or something is nothing in his circle.

   It is precisely because of his lack of hobbies that he was ready to implement the idea of ​​building the Cobra Building after he came up with the idea. There is always something to like to do in life, such as witnessing the completion of a strange tallest building in New York.

   After introducing each other.

Little Brook III asked, "Have you found any antiques you like? If you are not satisfied, there are more in my basement. Mr. Beckenbauer has already told me that as long as the price is right, you can bring as many as you want." Come on, the water pipe in the basement broke last year, and some old carpets and a batch of books were even moldy, and I don’t want to keep them anymore.”

   At first glance, he is someone who is not very good at doing business. These words have already given Ye Dongqing a reason to lower the price.

He could guess why this descendant of Marshal Seymour's family only released two hundred pieces, probably because he was afraid that too many pieces would be released at one time, which would cause the Chinese antique international trading market to collapse to some extent. If thousands of pieces were sold at the same time, The consequences can be imagined, it is difficult to find buyers who can eat this batch of goods in a short period of time.

   "You can go and have a look, but I have to wait for other appraisers to come and help me choose. Funding is definitely not a problem. As long as you have good things, I can buy them today."

  Ye Dongqing replied that although she hadn't had much contact with the antique trade, she could guess that there were not many opportunities to buy antiques in large quantities like shopping in a supermarket.

If you go to an auction house to pick something, the handling fee and draw are astonishingly high. There is no need to give money to those auction houses for nothing, unless it is something you really like, such as the "Starry Night" hanging in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Made by Van Gogh, it seems that it has not been auctioned since it came out, and he would be happy to buy it even if it cost 100 million US dollars.

"Okay, I'll be upstairs, let the housekeeper notify me when the time comes." Little Brooke III seemed a little listless, if he didn't know the scale of Ye Dongqing's wealth, he wouldn't have gone downstairs to receive the reception at all, and was about to go back to his room to catch up on sleep Well, a mare gave birth last night, and he was ruined. Unfortunately, the pony died shortly after birth, and the breeding fee of 400,000 pounds was in vain...

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   "This... this... Our ancestors have too many things! These robbers evacuated the Old Summer Palace!?"

More than two hours have passed, and Ye Dongqing just went down to the basement of Seymour Manor Castle with them. The air is still dry, and several machines are removing the moisture in the air, so that the collection in the basement can be well preserved. environment.

An old Chinese man who came to communicate with the British Museum screamed when he saw the things in the basement, because a huge dragon chair was placed next to it, and the color was obviously made of golden nanmu, which represented wood. At that time, the chairs that symbolized imperial power were all called dragon chairs, and it was not just one piece. The old emperor often went to work while on vacation, so he couldn’t take that heavy dragon chair with him everywhere.

Ye Dongqing heard from these experts that the Dragon Chair actually looked like this, and then heard another middle-aged fat man in his forties reminding him in a low voice: "It's just that it was emptied, and a fire was set in the end." Well, keep your voice down, this is not in the Forbidden City!"

  Communications at the official level, if any conflicts are caused, it is not good. The fat man coughed dryly, and looked at the old Neil appraiser and Little Brooke III with sleep marks on his face. He was relieved when he saw their bewildered faces.

   There is no reason to fan the flames. Ye Dongqing explained in English: "They are praising your collection here. After all, few people can collect so many things in Chinese history, just like coming to a museum."

Little Brooke III knew English enough when he lived in Xiangjiang, but within a few years after his return, English was widely spoken there, and he didn’t understand the meaning of the phrase “robber” at all, so he happily said, “Thank you very much, back then My great-grandfather used two boats to transport this batch of things back, and left a photo before, and I don’t know where it was put.”

He was triumphant, which made Ye Dongqing feel that he was inferior, pretending to be an interpreter and explaining: "His family ancestor is Admiral Seymour of the Navy, there should be no big problem with the things, please help me pick out some high-quality goods, the most valuable ones , Don’t show any expressions of surprise or excitement, otherwise it will be difficult for me to negotiate a suitable price.”

"Seymour, is the one who commanded the coalition forces at that time, right? The admiral of the British navy? Grandma, don't worry, you will definitely pick out all the good things and put them in the hands of overseas Chinese. It's better than being in their hands!" Surnamed Gao The fat man had a smile on his face, but the words that came out of his mouth were nothing to laugh at.

Ye Dongqing made another random translation to Little Brooke III: "They said this chair is very good, and it is still in good condition, so let's start now, I will pick it out first, and then talk about the price. If you buy in bulk, you must give some money." Is it a discount? Both you and I will be at a disadvantage if you send it to the auction, and if you have too many things, you won’t be able to sell them at a price. Those who like Chinese antiques only have so much. I want to use them to decorate my mansion, which looks more connotative..."

  (end of this chapter)